Courtesy of Haaretz NewsPaper
A senior Shin Bet official said Jewish terrorists that have not been caught are still at large and may be planning future attacks, Israel Radio reported on Monday.
The official's comments follow the announcement on Sunday that settler Yaakov Teitel was arrested last month for allegedly killing two Palestinians and carrying out a string of bomb attacks.
Teitel is not mentally unstable, said the Shin Bet official, who described him as an extremist who firmly believes in his ideology and who acted carefully, decisively and with sophistication.
The official added that Teitel functioned on the outermost fringes of society and said he cannot be compared with other Jewish terrorists, including the Jewish underground and Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 14 years ago.
"You don't need an underground with 100 people in order to cause grave damage," the Shin Bet official said.
Teitel was arrested on October 7 in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof after posting signs around town praising the attack on the Tel Aviv gay center. He was apprehended with a loaded gun.
Police found additional weapons and explosives at his home and another concealed location.
Teitel was remanded and interrogated for about three weeks without access to legal representation, a step that was approved by various courts, including the High Court of Justice.
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